Buckle



(No Model.)

S. C. TUCKER.

BUCKLE.

PatentedMaJr. 19, 1889.

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NTTED STATES PATENT EEICEt SALLIE C. TUCKER, OF GARNETT, KANSAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,018, dated March 19, 1889.

Application tiled February 17, 1888. Serial No. 264,345. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, SALLIE C. TUCKER, of Garnett, in the county of Anderson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Buckle for' Tailors Measuring and Fitting Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beingI had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective ot my improved buckle, and Fig. 2 shows the same in connection with crossing' measuring-tapes.

The invention will first be described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

The buckle consists of two parallel end loops, 40 40, connected at their lower outer corners by a cross-bar,42, and also connected above said cross-bar by a horizontal loop, 44, the upper' and lower bars of which are in vertical alignment. Thus the two tape or strap passages cross each other at right angles. To the lower cross-bar,42, a 1-shape tongue, 43, is pivoted, its upper serrated cross-bar striking against thebutside of the lower bar of the loop 44.

41 is a penetrating-point projecting inwardly across the horizontal passage through the left-hand loop, 40, from the outer bar thereof, this penetrating-point being shown as a continuation of the lower bar of the loop 44, one measuring-strap passing' through the passage formed by the vertical loops 40, and the crossing tape or strap passing through the loop 44, over the serrated edge of the loop 43, and then down in rear of the cross-bar42.

Either tape or strap may be readilyT adj usted and fastened without interfering with the adjustment of the one crossing it. The buckle may be slid horizontally to the right on the tape; but a reverse movement will cause the penetrating-point to enter the tape or strap and hold the buckle.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination, with a buckle having passages crossing each other at right angles,

an inclined penetrating-point projecting across one passage from the outer wall thereof, and a pivoted tongue for the other passage having` a serrated cross-bar at its free end, of the two crossing measuringtapes passing through said passages, one tape being engaged by the penetrating-point and the other by the serrated cross-bar, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described buckle, comprising two parallel end loops, one of which loops has an inwardly-projecting penetrating-point, the horizontal connecting-loop connecting the end loops7 the cross-bar connecting said end loops below the horizont-al loop, and the tongue pivoted on the said cross-bar and extending up to the horizontal loop, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein-described buckle, consisting in the vertical end loops, 40 40, the cross-bar 42,connecting the outer sides of said loops at or near their lower' ends, the horizontal loop 44, connecting the outer sides of the loops above said'cross-bar and having one of its bars extended to form the penetrating-point 4l, and the I l shape tongue 43, pivoted on cross-bar 42, extending up to said loop 44, substantially as set forth.

SALLIE C. TUCKER.

`lVitnesses:

MATE PA'rroN, NETTIE COOKE. 

